364 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



f Back without light spots ; scales 

 with or without script-like 

 markings. Membrane between 

 auterial dorsal spines dark. 

 Young light coloured with 

 brown niottlings inscriptus. 



ft Purple, with four more or less 



distinct yellow spots on the 



back ; humeral region yellowish 



fucicola. 



ee Body light green or reddish, with darker 

 spots and blotches. Pectoral with or 

 without a dark basal band. Young 

 with ill-defined bands celidotus. 



an Cheek scales in 1-3, rarely 1 rows, usually confined to 

 postorbital portion of head. 



g Bases of dorsal and anal fins scaly bostockii. 



gg Bases of dorsal and anal not scaly, except in young 

 specimens. 



It Cheek scales large, one row behind and two below the 

 eye, extending well forwards on the cheeks .... elegans. 



Jih Cheek scales smaller, in one row above and usually 

 three below, confined to posterior portions of checks. 



tetricus 



P. richardsonii, bleekeri and cuvieri also 

 appear to belong here. 



Ii/ih Cheek scales smaller, in one or two rows, confined to 

 posterior portions of cheeks. 



i Caudal usually truncate, the lobes often somewhat 



produced in adults. Cheek scales in one row 



gymnogenis. 



i'l Caudal more or less rounded. Cheek scales usually in 

 one row above and two below. 



j Body with small brown spots, sometimes forming 

 cross-bands. Brown marks radiating From the eye 



parilus. 

 ii Body closely dotted with small blue ocelli... punctulatus. 



Ciail No cheek scales UnicolOT. 



